Ijpsr (2009), Issue 1, Vol

Key Facts:

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  Globally about 9.6 million in 2018 deaths were estimated in cancer which represents the cancer is the second leading cause of deaths and about 1 in 6 deaths are due to cancer ⁴.
  
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  About 70% of deaths in middle- income and Low Countries are due to cancer ⁵.
  
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  The main and the most important cause of cancer is tobacco use, approximately 22%
  

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  There are also some infections that cause cancer, like Human papilloma Virus (HPV), are causes 25% of cancer in middle and low-income countries ¹¹.
  
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  In 2017, solely twenty-sixths of low-income countries reported having pathology services usually obtainable within the public sector.
  
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  More than ninetieth of high-income countries reported treatment services square measure obtainable compared to but a half- hour of low-income countries ¹².
  
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  The impact of cancer is increasing significantly day by day.
  
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  The cancer policy is necessary for all countries, but many countries do not have these policies.
  

Problems: Globally, about 9.6 million in 2018 deaths were estimated in cancer, which represents the cancer is the second leading cause of deaths. The most common cancers are: ^{4, 8}

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  Lung (2.09 million cases)
  
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  Breast (2.09 million cases)
  
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  Colorectal (1.80 million cases)
  
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  Prostate (1.28 million cases)
  
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  Skin cancer (non-melanoma) (1.04 million cases)
  
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  Stomach (1.03 million cases)
  

The most common causes of cancer death are cancers of:

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  Lung (1.76 million deaths)
  
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  Colorectal (862 000 deaths)
  
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  Stomach (783 000 deaths)
  
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  Liver (782 000 deaths)
  
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  Breast (627 000 deaths)